2nd Lt Charles G Sothers, 18th Middx Regt

Second Lieutenant Charles Gordon Sothers of the 18th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment died of wounds on the 6th December 1917. He was 32 years old, the husband of May Kathleen Sothers of 15, Paget Road, Stoke Newington, London. His name almost certainly appears on the imposing memorial in the library in Church Street, Stoke Newington and he is buried in Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery in Belgium.

Charles's medal index card shows that he originally arrived in France as a corporal with the 23rd London Regiment. His number was 5272, which indicates that he originally joined in May 1916, and he was later renumbered 702090. He was subsequently commissioned in the Middlesex Regiment.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

2nd Lt Algernon P Clarke, 23rd Bn, London Regt

Second Lieutenant Algernon Percy Clarke of the 23rd Battalion, London Regiment, died of wounds on the 24th July 1915. The extensive obituary above, appears in De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour. Click on the image for a readable version of it.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Officers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

2990 L/Cpl Willard A Uglow, 23rd Bn, London Regt

2990 Lance-Corporal William Alec Uglow of the 23rd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment, was killed in action on the 26th May 1915. William was living at Woodford and enlisted at Clapham Junction on the 16th September 1916. He was 23 years and eight months old, five feet, nine inches tall and with good vision and good physical development. His name was at first recorded as William and it is by this name that he is recorded on Soldiers Died in The Great War.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that Willard was the "only son of William James and Hettie Uglow of 2 Nelson Road, Wanstead, Essex. A linguist (Arabic, French, Spanish, Italian, German). Metallurgical Chemist in Duisberg, Germany."

Willard, who initially signed up for home service only, was embodied with the 2/23rd Battalion on the 16th September 1914. On 17th February 1915 he took the Imperial Service obligation and ten days later he was posted to the 1/23rd Battalion. He sailed for France on the 14th March 1915 and was appointed unpaid lance-corporal on the 18th May. Eight days later he was posted "missing" and later "presumed killed in action".

Willard was one of 203 23rd London men to died on this day. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial in France.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC, WO 363)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission